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Short Snorters
Short Snort*er /
snort-er / n [short
snort (quick drink)]
1: a member of an informal
club for which one who has
made a transoceanic flight
is eligible. 2: a piece of
paper money endorsed by
short snorters as a mem-
bership certificate for a new
member.
-- Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
"When Carole Landis and Pat O'Brien got together on the set of Pilebuck (released as Secret Command), the picture they are appearing
in at Columbia, they pulled their 'Short Snorter' bills on each other. The result was amazing. Carole and Pat, who both have recently
returned from overseas personal appearances, found that their combined strings of bills were long enough to drape Carole attractively
in the currency of some 35 countries." - actual caption attached to the back of a movie promotional still photo c. 1944.
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In This Issue
Features
Souvenirs, Personal Documents & Immortality 359
By Neil Shafer
Short Snorter Looms As Menace 364
By John Steinbeck
An Interesting Dallas Deuce 372
By Frank Clark
Work Done for ABNCo by James D. Smillie from 1858-1879, Concluded .... 373
By Gene Hessler and Mark Tomasko
Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Tale(s) to Tell 378
By Colonel Bill Murray and Larry "Ski" Smulczenski
'Defaced' Notes Share Exciting Stories 390
By Richard Giedroyc
More Thoughts on Short Snorters 394
By Joseph Boling
One Note's Story: Long 'Lost' Note Brings Back Memories 396
By Fred Reed
Society News
Information & Officers 358
An Index to Paper Money Vol. XL 2001, Nos. 211-216 380
Compiled by George B. Tremmel
2nd Annual George W. Wait Memorial Prize Announcement 386
President's Column 388
By Frank Clark
Nominations Open for SPMC Board 388
New Members 400
Editor's Notebook 402
On the Cover
Secret Command was a fast-paced espionage story set in a California
shipyard. O'Brien played a foreign correspondent in the wartime
employ of the FBI assigned to thwart potential Nazi saboteurs.
Landis played his undercover 'wife.' The movie proved a great suc-
cess and was nominated for an Oscar in 1 945. Too old to serve in
World War II, O'Brien, and co-star Landis both tirelessly undertook
many potentially dangerous USO tours to entertain GIs. Landis,
who contracted malaria on one such tour, memorialized her trips
with the book Four Jills in A Jeep, which became a Fox film in 1 944.
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Souvenirs, Personal
Documents & Immortality
By Neil Shafer, LM30
LOVE SHORT SNORTERS! NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN GATH-
ering these homeless waifs up every time I see them (practically), I've
written about them for years, first in the Whitman Numismatic Journal in
the 1960s and several times in Bank Note Reporter as well. And believe me,
those good signatures are really out there waiting for YOU to find them, too!
I have been lucky that way, having found movie
stars, political figures, high-ranking military individuals
among others. One of the best turned out to be a lone sig-
nature on a small Italian note of World War II vintage.
That signature was only Humphrey Bogart, and I had
Scott Winslow authenticate it for me. He said it's quite a
rare one because he is so well known even today. By the
way, that finding occurred, would you believe, within the
last year!!!
The special significance of a short snorter, single or
roll, is that such items meant something very special to
die original owner(s), and we who find them later on can
only try to capture a little of that feeling and meaning
they represented at one time.
In these pages I’ll share some of my finds with you.
Each was a joy in its own way. Good Hunting!
There are many kinds of world notes with inscribed
signatures or some other kinds of written messages. The
contents of the written words can determine the rough
classification of such notes, but whichever way they are
classified, invariably they have all been the bearers of
some sort of personal testimonial that someone, some-
place, felt obliged to put on a piece of paper currency.
By far the majority of these pieces are known to col-
lectors as Short Snorters — notes with one or more
names, often in a row, and usually found attached to others of similar appear-
ance. The name itself is defined wo ways, as follows: (a) A member of an
informal club for which a pilot, crew member or a passenger who has made a
transoceanic flight is eligible; (b) A piece of paper money endorsed by short
snorters as a membership certificate for a new member.
It seems that the idea of a Short Snorter club sprang up during the earlier
days of flight when transoceanic travel was still considered something of a feat.
As the definition indicates, it became the custom for older members of this
vaguely defined club (usually the crew members of an airplane) to sign their
names on a single piece of paper money which then served as the owner’s
“membership card,” to be permanently retained and shown on demand.
Failure to produce that signed note at any time meant that a penalty had to be
paid, generally a dollar or a drink (short snort). From this practice the term
itself is derived.
While not as glamorous as Carole
Landis on this issue's cover, author
Shafer never the less cuts a swash-
buckling figure modelling a lengthy
Short Snorter roll of his own at the
1st Memphis International Paper
Money Show in 1977.
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Figures la & 1b. Here is what a typical
Short Snorter note looks like. The only
distinguishing feature on this note is
one of the first vertically placed signa-
ture at top - it looks like Bob Hope to
me! (It is.) Shown enlarged at right.
Figure 2. This large French note with
all its World War II signatures has to be
the epitome of the single-bill concept.
The casual and slow growth of this exclusive club was abruptly shattered
by the entry of the United States into the conflagration of World War II.
Overnight many thousands of servicemen in every branch of the service
became involuntary candidates, and the evidence shows that a great many of
them were more than glad to accept the responsibilities of membership.
It was often the case that a particular individual would be assigned to a
number of locations around the world during his tour of duty. Though the
original concept included the signing of only a single note as the Short Snorter,
the member would soon find that one bill was just not providing enough room
for him to gather the signatures of his buddies who were also Short Snorters.
The solution was simply to start Scotch taping all sorts of notes gathered
during his world travels together end on end, creating rolls sometimes reaching
massive lengths of eight or ten feet! Now there was space enough for hundreds
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Figures 3a & 3b. The owner of this particular piece created a D-Day
commemorative complete with date and a truly artistic drawing of a U. S.
soldier putting it to the German. He really had a knack for drawing car-
toon characters, didn't he?
of names -- and that is exacdy what you can find on many of diese rolls of bills.
Signature exchange became a ritual indulged in by everyone, including
many famous individuals such as entertainers, actors, actresses and others who
were sent to military bases all over the world by the U.S.O. Often obtaining
such signatures was accomplished with surprising ease, because it seemed
everyone wanted to sign diese notes. Some even included personal messages
with dieir names, thus adding to the fun.
But was it all in good ol’ fun? My own belief is that there was some
underlying feeling on the part of most signers diat they were doing it at least in
part because they wanted to achieve a bit of inner immortality. Without really
expressing it, they may have feared that if they did not return from some battle,
the proof that “they were there” would not exist anywhere else, so here was
their signature to prove that they had indeed been there.
That feeling must account for the great personal value their owners felt
for such notes. These pieces were carried everyplace, becoming more and
more abused from the cheap Scotch tape plus rough handling by so many GI’s.
Yet they stand today as a testimonial to the endurance of the human spirit if
nothing more. And therein lies the great personal importance they engendered
to their original owners, a feeling that we can only empathize with today as we
come across them scattered here and there.
Numismatically and historically there are other aspects that come into
play when discussing the subject of Short Snorters. It is often true that some
Figures 4a & 4b. This pair of
Fractional Currency souvenir
notes should also be considered a
part of the Short Snorter concept
even though they predate the
advent of the name by many
years.
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to be transformed into a Short Snorter.
This French assignat of 1792 is the old-
est piece I have ever seen to emanate
from World War II as a souvenir.
great notes are a part of a roll of bills, heavily taped, and at times with names or
other messages written on them. Two facts come to mind: First, if not for
their having been included on the roll or used as a single-note messenger of
some kind, they would probably not exist any longer. Second, the very way
they are used may prove to be of great significance. Let me demonstrate.
Some of the illustrations easily prove the first of these two points. The
second is more elusive, but it can also be shown. Take a look at the small roll of
notes with the French 20-franc piece featuring a fisherman. Now notice that it
also carries the infamous head of Hitler (from a postage stamp) at the lower left
corner. If you examine the note carefully you will see that it looks like the fish-
erman is strangling Der Fuehrer. Well, that is the way it was supposed to look -
- certainly an interesting sort of propaganda note.
But it’s no good unless we can prove it is contemporary. Anyone can take
the very common French note and attach very common stamp pieces right
now. So it is worth nothing much except if you can prove you have a genuine
piece made during the war. On this particular example it happens that there are
small slits in the note where the rope is, and part of the neck is inserted under-
neath to give the effect of strangling.
That is how it was supposed to have been prepared, according to a letter
printed by Time magazine in the September 4, 1944, issue. Along with an illus-
tration of a similar example, the letter reads as follows:
Figure 6. Sometimes really
great items have been caught
on a Short Snorter roll. Here is
a fine example, a leaflet in
Pidgin English originally
dropped over areas like New
Guinea in order to tell inhabi-
tants how to assist downed air-
men.
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Short Snorter Looms as Menace
By John Steinbeck
By telephone to the New York Herald
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA. (VTA LONDON) -
SEP. 7, 1943 --The growth of the Short Snorters is
one of the greatest single menaces to come out of the
war so far.
The idea started as a kind of a joke in a time when
very few people flew over an ocean in an airplane. It
became the custom, then for the crew of the airplane
to sign their names on a one dollar bill which made
the new; ocean flyer a Short Snorter. He was sup-
posed to keep this bill always with him. If at any time
he were asked if he were a Short Snorter, and he did
not have his signed bill with him he was forced to pay
a dollar to each member present at the time when the
question was asked.
It was good fun and a kind of general joke and
also it was a means of getting someone to pay for the
drinks.
But then came the war and the building of thou-
sands of ships and the transporting of thousands of
men overseas by airplane and every single one became
a Short Shorter. There are hundreds of thousands of
Short Snorters now who have actually flown over an
ocean, and there are further hundreds of thousands
who carry a signed bill. And the new Short Snorter
goes much farther than having his bill signed by the
crew which carried him on his initial crossing. The
custom has grown to have the bill signed by everyone
you come across. At a bar you ask your drinking com-
panion to sign your bill. You ask generals and actors
and Senators to sign your bill.
With the growing autographing, one bill soon
was not enough. You procured another bill and stuck
it with Scotch tape to your first bill. Then the thing
went farther. You began to collect bills from other
countries. To your American dollar bill, you stuck a
one-pound English note, and to it a 50-franc Algerian
note, and to it a hundred-lira bill. Every place you
went you stuck the money to your growing Short
Snorter until now there are people who have stream-
ers eight and 10 feet long, which folded and rolled,
make a great bundle in the pocket, and these stream-
ers are covered with thousands of names and repre-
sent besides considerable money. Even the one dollar
original is disappearing. Many new Short Snorters use
S20 bills, and some even Si 00 bills.
These are die new autograph books. The original
half of the joke has been lost. In bars, in airports, in
clubs, the first thing that must be done is a kind of
general exchange of signatures. Serious and intelli-
gent gentlemen sign one another's bills with an
absolute lack of humor. If the party is fairly large it
might take an hour before every one has signed the
bill of every' one else. Meanwhile the soup gets cold.
There are favorite places on die bill for honored
and desirable autographs. The little space under
Morgenthau’s name is one such. The wide space
beside the portrait on the bill is another. If you get an
autograph you want to show you have it written on a
clear space, but if it is just one of the run-of the-mill
signatures it is put any place in the green part where it
hardly shows up at all. It is a frantic, serious-minded,
insane tiling.
Men of dignity scramble for autographs on their
Short Snorts. A special case, usually made of cello-
phane, is sometimes carried to house the bill, or the
long streamer of bills because these treasures are han-
dled so much that they would fall to pieces if they
were not protected.
The effort and time involved in this curious thing
is immense. Entertainers who travel about to our
troops sign literally thousands of Short Snorter bills.
For no longer do people have to fly an ocean to be
members. The new method is that any Short Snorter
can create a new Short Snorter. The club is pyramid-
ing. Probably there are 10,000,000 Short Snorters
now, and every day new thousands begin to scribble
on their bills. It would be interesting to know how
many bills are withdrawn from circulation to be used
as autograph books. They must run into the millions.
The use of large bills as Short Snorter bills has a
curious logic behind it. The man or woman who used
a $20 or $100 bill feels that he or she will not spend
this money because of the signatures on it, but he also
feels that if he needs to he can spend it. Thus he has a
nest egg or mad money and a treasure, too. He will
not toss it over a bar nor put it in a crap game, but if
he really should get into a hole he has this money with
him.
Very curious practices grow out of a war and
surely none more strange than this one has taken over
the public recently.
This article appeared in Los Angeles Examiner
Reprinted from MPCGram, mpcgram@yahoo.com,
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Hitler Throttled
“Sirs: Take a good look at the enclosed French 20 franc note (see cut).
It’s one of the cleverest methods of subtle noncollaborarion I can imag-
ine. The French people who gave it to me said that millions of these
were circulating around while the Germans were here.... The effect is
produced by inserting a German postage-stamp portrait of Hitler behind
the French fisherman’s rope. -- (Pfc.) Leslie Lieber”
Figures 7a & 7b. Flere is a rather small
roll of notes illustrating a French 20-
franc note bearing the head of Hitler at
lower left. It turns out to be a genuine
propaganda piece from the war (see
discussion). Below': Letter to the
Editor regarding this type of note alter-
ation published in Time magazine,
Commenting on the above letter, I would say Pfc. Lieber (and
those who told him about the wide circulation of the note) were cer-
tainly exaggerating greatly — there were not “millions” of these
pieces as shown, otherwise we would have seen many more on the
market. But as mentioned earlier, they are very easy to manufac-
ture. The only ones that are really worthwhile are any of them that
can be proven genuine products of the period.
Several factors prove that the one on the roll is in fact a gen-
uine wartime product. First, closer examination of this piece
showed that two small slits had actually been made on either side of
the rope so that the neck could be inserted through both of them.
Second, there is old Scotch tape over a part of Hitler’s head. Third,
there is a handwritten inscription about “...thanks for our libera-
tion” signed by a Frenchman on the face, and a penned date of “28-
1-45” on die back. It is certainly possible that the much simpler
method of sticking the head onto the note without making the slits
was also used for some of these; I do not know'. All I can say for
sure is that we have at least one that is absolutely real.
Most of the Short Snorter notes I have seen are from United
States personnel and written in English. Of course, there were
some who wrote in foreign languages, but by and large they are in
English. This makes me w'onder if servicemen from other countries
Sept. 4, 1944.
Hitler Throttled
Sirs:
Take a good look at the enclosed French
20 franc note ( see cut). It’s one of the clever-
est methods of subtle noncollaboration I can
imagine. The French people who gave it to me
said that millions of these were circulating
around while the Germans were here. . . . The
effect is produced by inserting a German
postage-stamp portrait of Hitler behind the
French fisherman’s rope.
(Pfc.) Leslie Lieber
c/o Postmaster
New York City
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Figures 9a, 9b & 9c. Collecting signa-
tures was and still is a part of the
game. Someone got Jack Benny and
Larry Adler to sign the note from
Egypt. I'm sure you recognize the sin-
gle signature on the English 10 shillings
(Joe Louis), and none other than Harry
Truman placed his name on the dollar.
Figures 1 0a & 1 0b. War history is for-
ever recorded at the scene by partici-
pants in the event itself. Some exam-
ples in my collection record V-E Day on
a French Allied Military Currency note,
the invasion of bloody Iwo Jima
(below), and notes naming Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, such as the one shown at
right.
also took to the Short Snorter habit. While I have never encountered a roll of
bills from an obviously foreign source, I believe that a good many of them did
at least pursue the preparation of single notes as souvenirs of various kinds.
The above description applies to a majority of the notes found with
inscriptions. In the main, those that fit contain signatures of buddies, famous
individuals, or whoever else could be convinced to sign. Certainly all the rolls
of notes made for the purpose truly
belong to this group. But there are
other kinds of notes with varying
messages that really do not conform
to most of the above considerations.
Let’s look at a few of them in
some detail.
Many inscribed notes are found
as singles, often with the avowed
purpose of serving as a souvenir of
the place of origin. Their makers
came from a wide variety of locales,
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Figure 11 (above). The wriler of this letter home had no
idea how good a souvenir he was using. The note hap-
pens to be a Philippine wartime peso of 1941, one of
those rare pieces sent to the Bureau of Standards for
,/a g' n g" during World War II to simulate used currency.
Figures 12a, 12b & 12c.
Some notes have unusual
inscriptions. The ones shown
(clockwise) include half a note
with an explanatory notation about
its use to light a cigar; a marriage
proposal upside down on a Japanese-Philippine
50 centavos; and a "Personal" Short Snorter.
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Figures 13a & 13b. Apparently
some of the major airlines saw
fit to prepare notes for use as
Short Snorters. The one at far
left is from Northwest; I have
also seen them from TWA. Any
others? People from other lands
also participated in the Short
Snorter experience. Most likely
this one at left with Chinese
inscription meant something
very special to its original
owner.
Figure 14. This English military
issue caught a few signatures,
especially the two-for-one name
of "Edgar Bergen and Charlie"
(third one down at left).
ranging from the Civil War to the Mexican border fighting to
private souvenir usages from many venues. Because they were
thus used, they are not regularly seen as an attached unit in a
large roll of notes. These pieces were frequently sent home to
loved ones in a letter, thereby separating them totally from
other similar kinds of pieces.
It appears that in many instances any notes from every-
where were sent home as substitutes for holiday greeting
cards, obviously unavailable to service personnel in most
places during the war. You can find a fairly large number of
holiday greeting notes, and practically all seem to come from
the Asian theaters of war. I speculate this phenomenon results
from the fact that fighting during island-hopping in the
Pacific was more sporadic, thereby allowing such notes to be
prepared more easily than in Europe where fighting might be
continuous throughout the continent with no particular letup.
There is one final point of discussion I want to make.
The Short Snorter nomenclature has been expanded here to
include most of the different kinds of notes shown and
described. But what about souvenirs and inscribed notes that
predate the invention and development of the airplane? How
do we treat Fractional Currency or Confederate notes so
used? Conversely, where do we place the modern souvenir
notes so many of us are constantly manufacturing (e.g.,
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Figures 15a & 15b. During (he formation of NATO there were
special meetings at various times and places. This pair of Turkish
notes was carefully prepared to serve as factual souvenirs of the
Military and Naval Survey Croup meeting there in 1947. Faces
and backs of both notes were similarly used for all the different
names of the participants.
obtaining signatures of Treasury officials or other
well-known individuals)? Technically they might
never be thought of as Short Snorters in the real
sense because they are just too early or too late; yet I
feel that since we have allowed inclusion for all the
rest, it stands to reason that any and all such notes,
from whatever period, should be given the same sta-
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An Interesting Dallas Deuce
O N APRIL 13, 1976, THE FIRST SMALL SIZE
S2 Federal Reserve Notes were issued to the pub-
lic. To commemorate this event, the U.S. Post Office
allowed for the cancellation of currency on a hand-back
basis as long as first class postage was attached to the
note, which was thirteen cents at the time.
This was how it was sup-
being a holiday, the date fell on a Sunday, so post offices
would not normally be open. However, a few post
offices were allowed to be open in each state to mark the
special occasion.
In Texas, the following cities had post offices open
for July 4, 1976: Anderson, Beaumont, Corpus Christi,
Dallas, Houston and Lufkin. However, a few temporary
post offices were set up in certain locations.
There were also some 24-hour service locations not
shown on the official list of post offices open on July 4,
1976, that were indeed open.
The note pictured is an interesting note. It was not
only autographed in brown ink by Francine I. Neff,
Treasurer of the U.S., but was canceled afterwards (the
cancellation to die left of the Jefferson portrait is on top
of the autograph) at Waco, Texas on July 4, 1976, twice:
posed to be, however many
examples can he found of notes
with less than thirteen cents or
no postage at all. Perhaps
newer entrants into the field of
currency collecting have seen a
few of these notes at shows and
have wondered what those odd
items are.
Another big cancellation
date for collectors was the
Bicentennial of the United
States, July 4, 1976. Besides
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once without postage and once with a
thirteen cent stamp.
The Liberty Bell stamp of die era
ties in nicely with the Bicentennial
theme of the note. This must have
been a 24 hour service location or a
temporary post office for the
Bicentennial.
Postally canceling such notes (Si
and $2 notes were the denominations
of choice) was done for a few years
after the Bicentennial, limited only by
the collector's imagination.
This specialty was both numis-
matic and philatelic and therefore nei-
ther. It eventually died out. The rise
in canceling souvenir cards may have
been helped by these relics of the
Bicentennial era.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vero, Andrew J. Price Guide For
Bicentennial $2 Bill Cancellations,
Annapolis, Maryland: BS2C
Adventures (1980). ❖
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Work Done for ABNCo
by James D. Smillie
from 1858-1879 Concluded
Compiled by Gene Hessler and Mark Tomasko
Continued from Paper Money September/October 2001, page 315
No.
Title
Artist
Engraver(s)
618
Camping on the Pampas
Bond: Butte & Boston Mining Co. 1 897.
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: Argentina, Banco de la Prov. De Buenos Aires, unknown denomination.
622
Bull, Buenos Ayres
JDS
(J.) Smillie
Bank note: Argentina 5 pesos, PS482 and Hawaii
$100, PI 5 eng. by James Smillie.)
625
Pampas Horse
JDS
JDS
Bank notes: Argentina 10 pesos, PS485 & 2 pesos
Bond: Chile, Banco Agricola 1888.
;, PS536.
Saladero, #630
630
Saladero
Bank note: Argentina 500 pesos, PS497.
JDS
(J.) Smillie
631
Gaucho with Guitar
Bank note: Argentina 50 pesos, PS488-490.
JDS
C. Burt
633
Arkansas Anns
JDS
J. Smillie
Bond: Little Rock RR 1883; Stock certificate: Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Rwy
1881.
635
[Sheep’s Head]
JDS
J. Smillie
641
Sheep under the Ornbu
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: Argentina 5 pesos, PS1916, and Brazil 100 mil reis, PS553.
645
Sheep under the Oak
Banknote: Mexico 20 pesos, PS 129.
Stock certificate: United States Worsted Co.
JDS
J. Smillie
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No. Title Artist Engraver(s)
658 Anus of Iowa JDS H.L. Chorlton
Bonds: CBQ R 1881; Col. Fuel Co. 1889. Stock certificate: Buchtcl Iron Co. 1880.
659 Depot JDS J. Smillie
Bond & stock certificate: Lake Shore & M.S. Rwy Co. 1879; 1880 (stock certificate).
660 Mount Hood JDS J. Smillie
Bond: Northern Pacific Rwy ca. 1870 and later. (This became their standard vignette.)
665 Steam, Infancy & Progress JDS J. Smillie
[Emblem: ships, sailing and steam, and train]
673 Golden Gate JDS (J.) Smillie
Bonds: California Redwood Co. 1883; Market Street Cable Rwy 1883.
Stock certificate: Emporium Corp. 1926.
677 Anns of Mississippi JDS 0.) Smillie
679 Lowell Water Works
Bond: City of Lowell.
JDS
J. Smillie
The New Depot, £682
682 The New Depot JDS J. Smillie
Bank note: Banco Nacional del Paraguay 200 pesos (back), PS 152.
Bonds: numerous railroads including Union Terminal Rwy Co. of the City of Buffalo, 1884.
684 Locomotive unknown JDS
Bank notes: Banco Mejicano I peso, PS146; Banco Nacional de Mexico 1 peso, PS255.
Bonds & stock certificates: numerous railroads including Michigan Central RR registered and coupon bond 1881.
688 Anns of Kansas JDS J. Smillie
Bonds: Atchison, Colorado & Pacific 1879; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc Rwy 1880.
691 Union Dime Savings Bank N.Y. JDS J. Bannister
692 Anns of Colorado JDS JDS
Bond: Moose Mining Co. 1880. Stock certificate: Adams Mining Co. 1883.
693 Banco Trujillo [Peru .Anns] JDS R. Hinshelwood
Bank note: Peru 1 sol, PS402 & PS414.
694 Anns of Ecuador JDS JDS
Bank notes: Banco del Ecuador 1883, 100 pesos, PS195A.
Bond: Banco de Crcdito Hipotecario 1882.
Bill of exchange: Banco de Quito 1 879.
700 [Railroad] JDS JDS
Bonds: 1884: Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Rwy; Chicago, Freeport & St. Paul Rwy; Litchfield, Carrolton & Western RR.
704 [City of Boston Arms] JDS J. Smillie
706 Banco Franco Platense [Uruguay arms] unknown (JDS)
Bank notes: Uruguay 10 & 20 pesos, PS172 & 173.
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No. Title Artist Engraver(s)
707 West Virginia Aims JDS G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
Coupon bonds: West Virginia & Central Pittsburgh Rwy 1881; General Refractories Co. 1916.
Stock certificates: West Virginia & Central Pittsburgh Rwy 1881; Chesapeake & Ohio RR 1885; Cook Inlet Coal Fields Co.
709 Argentine Republic [arms] JDS G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
Stock certificate: Banco Nacional 1881.
710 Progress JDS J. Smillie
(Two Indians on hill looking down at train.)
Coupon bonds: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rwy Co. 1880; Denver Rio Grande Western Rwy Co. 1881; Kansas Pacific Rwy
Co. 1879, and many other bonds and stock certificates.
717
[Water Carrier]
Banknote: Peru 5 soles, PS3 13.
JDS
J. Smillie
722
Un Sol - Peru
JDS
G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
725
The Little Joker
JDS
G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
U.S. Postal Panel: for the Christmas stamp The Hobby Horse 18 Oct. 1978.
726
Illimani [mountain scene]
JDS
J. Smillie
728
Valparaiso
JDS
G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
Coupon bond: Chile Municipalidad de Valaparaiso 1 879.
730
Mule Train No. 2
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: Colombia 50 pesos, PS387.
Stock certificate: Bushwacker Mining Co. 1891
731
Atlanta St. Raiul Road
Ticket: Compania Urbana Parense 1892.
JDS
G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
733
Arms of Valparaiso
JDS
G.J. Verbeck, Sr.
Coupon bond: Chile, Municipilidad de Valparaiso 1879.
735
[Medallion]
JDS
J. Smillie
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Award 1872 (8 April 1872 in diary').
755
Lassoing Cattle No. 2
Bank note: Hawaiian Islands S10, PI.
JDS
L. Delnoce
111
South American Ostrich Hunting
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: Argentina 104, P6, Argentina, Banco Provincia de Santa Fe 10 pesos, PS816.
780
Locomotive
JDS
J. Smillie
Coupon bonds 1882: Burlington & Ohio River
Rwy 1882; Chicago & Northwestern Rwy.
Stock certificate: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR 1883. (Numerous uses of this subject.)
784
[FNB of NY trademark]
JDS
J. Smillie
788
Trademark [FNB NY]
JDS
J. Smillie
792
Salina, Kansas
Draft: John Geis & Co.
JDS (from photo)
J. Smillie
796
Florida Anns
JDS
J. Smillie
799
Llama Train No. 4
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: .Argentina, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires 1886 (probably PS561).
800
Anns of Prov. of Santa Fe
JDS
J. Smillie
Bank note: Banco de la Provincial de Santa Fe 1882 (probably PS826-835).
801
Reaper in S.A.
Bank note: Nicaragua 5 pesos, PS 108
JDS
J. Smillie
802
[Steam thresher]
JDS
H. Beckwith
808
[Eagle on Shield]
JDS
J. Smillie
810
Gaucbo Lassoing
Bank note: Argentina 500 pesos, PS544.
(JDS)
J. Smillie & W.W. Rice
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No.
812
813
817
826
828
833
849
852
Title Artist
City ofTokio PMSS Co. (Steamship) JDS
Bank note: Argentina 200 pesos, PS5 10 & PS543.
Stock certificate: Pacific Mail Steamship Co. 1879.
Coupon bond: Tehauntepec Inter-Ocean RR Co. 1880.
Anns of Alabama JDS
Coupon bond: State of Alabama 1880; East & West RR 1882; City of Mobile 1880.
Stock certificate: Georgia Pacific Rwy Co. 1882.
Montevideo [tanning hides] JDS
Bank note: Uruguay 20 pesos, PA105.
Engraver(s)
J. Smillie
J. Smillie
J. Smillie
Buckeye Reaper JDS J. Smillie
Coupon bond: Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Rwy 1879; NY, Lackawanna West Rwy 1880.
Stock certificate: Great Northern Rwy 1929.
Bacchus JDS F. Girsch
Banknote: Colombia 100 pesos, P2 18; Mexico 50 pesos, PS158. (See 29 June 1875)
[Horse’s head] JDS J. Smillie
Coupon bond: Cleveland, Belt Line Rwy Co. 1890; California Fruit, Grain & Grazing Co. 1892.
Condor - Chile JDS J. Smillie
Bank note: Bolivia 1 bol., PS205; Colombia 1, 5, 10 & 20 pesos, PS521-525; Chile 10 & 20 pesos, PS334 & PS335.
Coupon bond: Oregon Rwy & Navigation Co. 1880.
Large Condor JDS J. Smillie
Bank note: Banco Nacional de Chile 1 882; Colombia 50 pesos, PS585.
853
[Arms of Chile]
JDS
855
Illimani No. 2
Bank note: Bolivia 100 bol., PS204.
JDS
G.F.C. Smillie
J. Smillie
The Harbor, #859
859 The Harbor [RR scene] JDS J. Smillie
Coupon bond: Adantic & Pacific RR Co. 1886; Central Pacific RR Co.; Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern RR 1881 and others.
878 Bottom of the Shaft JDS Q.) Smillie
Bonds: Cahaba Coal Mining Co. 1884; Cameron Coal Co. 1883; Chicago & Northern Rwy Co. 1881; Spring Valley Coal Co. 1885.
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Acknowledgement
Appreciation is extended to Brucia Witthoft, PhD, Mark
D. Tomasko for providing numerous illustrations, Walter
Allan, and to William Barrett for providing photos from the
ABNCo presentation book to Alexander, II, Emperor of
Russia.
Sources:
American Bank Note Archive Series. American Bank Note Co.
Commemoratives: Huntington, NY (1988, 1990, 1992).
American Bank Note Company engraving records.
American Bank Note Company Presentation Book to Imperial
Majesty Alexander 11, Emperor of Russia, New York (1860).
(Note: This book is in the Hermitage in Moscow.)
Hessler, G. “Note-ables,” Coin World. Amos Press: Sidney,
OH (1999).
Hessler, G. The Engraver's Line. Port Clinton, OH: BNR
Press (1993).
Morris, T.F. “James Smillie, the Pictorial Engraver,” The
Essay-Proof Journal, Nos. 2, 4 & 5. The Essay-Proof
Society ( 1 944 & 1 945).
Pick. A. Standard Catalog of World Papa' Money, Vols. I and 2.
Iola, WI: Krause Pub. (1995, 1996).
Schneider, R. “The Career of James David Smillie,” American
Art Journal. Vol. XVI. Archives of American Art:
Washington, DC. (Winter, 1984).
Smedley, G.B. “The Smillie Family: American Engravers and
Painters,” The Numismatist, (July 1958) pp. 771-780.
Smillie, J.D., Diaries of. Archives of American Art:
Washington, DC. (1865-1909).
Witthoft, G. “The Story’ of James Smillie’s Engraving after
Albert Bierstadt’s The Rocky Mountain," The American Art
Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 2, (1987).
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Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Tale(s) to Tell
By Colonel Bill Murray By Larry “Ski” Smulczenski
.WAYS INTERESTED IN REFERENCES THAVE LOOKED AT THOUSANDS OF SHORT
rt Snorters. Mine, long lost and sadly so, con- _L snorter notes over the years, and the number of
ly three notes, but some interesting signatures, names that I could identify could be counted on my fin-
: date of its inception, I'm unsure, but it was in gers. Yes, I have seen some notes in auction catalogs
, early 1943. I was a passenger on board a that have been signed by famous people like President
3ird from Milne Bay, British New Guinea to Franklin Roosevelt or General Dwight Eisenhower or
esby. When we landed, I had to await trans- General George Patton. I even own one that was sold
and was taken by the crew (pilot and co-pilot) to me by good friend R. A. Medina, a 1929 1 peso note
:ers’ club near the strip. from the Philippines that it signed by C. L. Chennault
asked if I had my Short Snorter. I not only of Flying Tiger fame and three other military officers.
Were these others
members of the famed
Flying Tigers? Or since it
was a Philippine note could
it have been created by an
aircrew flying Chennault
from China to the
they were talking
about. They then
proceeded to tell
me that you were
"authorized" one
(maybe not their
exact words, but
close) when you
had crossed an
ocean in an Army
aircraft, and if you didn't have yours to show, you
bought a round of drinks.
I said, "I haven't crossed an ocean in an aircaft," and
they responded, "You just did. Order up." I did not
think following the coast of the Coral Sea off new
Guinea for 200 miles or so constituted "crossing an
ocean," but I was a ground pounder in their club, so I
ordered up. ^
PAY. VILE TO THE BEAKED UN DEMAN D
IN SILVER PESOS OR IN LEOAL TENDER
CURRENCY OF THE.UNITED STATES
OF EQUIVALENT VALUE
F06495162
when Fred Schwan and I
visited Grover at his home a half dozen years or so ago.
I think Grover told us he bought it out of a New York
auction held by Stack’s. It was tdghdy rolled and had to
be somewhere between 12 and 15 inches in diameter.
The total number of notes slips my mind, but it had to
be 400 to 500 notes with a length up to 200 feet long.
I spent about three hours looking for notable signa-
tures on die notes. The only one that I recognized was
Joe Kennedy, who was the older brother of President
John F. Kennedy. I wonder what happened to that roll?
Was it sold before Grover died, or did it go into the
PAPER MONEY • November/December 2001 • Whole No. 216
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An Index to Paper Money
Volume 40, 2001 / Numbers 211-216
Compiled by George B. Tremmel
Yr.
Vol.
No.
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40TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE ARTICLES.
#13 Was Lucky for Harry, Harry Forman, illus.
01
40
211
144
Si 20 to Baldv, $140 to Bushy, Si 20 to Baldy, Tom Denly, illus.
01
40
211
153
1985: SPMC Sponsors Cherry Hill Show, Bill Horton, illus.
01
40
211
58
A New' Word For Our Fraternity, Gene Messier.
01
40
211
86
A Society Tradition, Tom Bain Raffle Raises Funds and Fun,
Wendell Wolka, illus.
01
40
211
42
A Trial Listing: Catalog of SPMC Memorabilia, Fred L. Reed III, illus.
01
40
211
107
.ABN Co. Provides SPMC Members With Unique
ID Cards,
Fred L. Reed III, illus.
01
40
211
30
BEP Visit Led to Lifelong Paper Money Affair, Nathan Goldstein II, illus.
01
40
211
155
Bill Donlon Was Memorable, Charles Kemp
01
40
211
158
Congratulations SPMC, James N. Treadaway
01
40
211
136
Dealers With V\ r hom I Have Dealt, Dewin G. Prather, illus.
01
40
211
146
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Salesman from low
•a?.
Ron Horstman, illus.
01
40
211
153
Directories Controversial
01
40
211
87
Earlier Day's of Collecting: Personalities and Occurrences, Neil Shafer, illus.
01
40
211
89
Happy Anniversary’ SPMC, David M. Sundman
01
40
211
136
History in Your Hand, John T. Hickman
01
40
211
152
How I Was Inspired to Seek to Put the Motto IGW1
r on
Our Currency,
Matt Rothert, Sr., illus.
01
40
211
140
How the First Five SPMC Member #s Were Assigned, G
eorge
W. Wait
01
40
211
8
How the SPMC Logo Came to Be, Brent Hughes, illus.
(II
40
211
18
How the SPMC Logo Came to Be, Forrest Daniel, illus.
(II
40
211
18
John Hickman Knew Itch Would Return’, Tom Snyder
III
40
211
152
Just Who was D.C. Wismer Anyway?, Ted Hammer
01
40
211
50
Let’s Sec What Messier Says, David Ray Arnold
01
40
211
86
Let’s Take the Time to Record Some of These Happ
icnings,
Roman L. Latimer, illus.
01
40
211
135
Longs to Make It to Memphis, Ralph Osborn, illus.
01
40
211
144
Longtime SPMC Members Share Their Recollections, Joe Lasser, Howard
Schein, Robert Hendcrshott, Milton Friedberg, & Warren Henderson.
01 40 211 147
Magazine Brings Back Memories to Former Editor, Barbara Mueller
01 40 211 158
Many Early SPMC Members Still Active in Hobby and Society'.
01 40 211 11
Membership Milestones 01 40 211 15
Our Membership: Who Were We? Who Are We Now?,
Fred L. Reed m, illus. 01 40 211 34
Paper Money Salutes Longtime Advertisers 01 40 211 72
President’s Column: Welcome to SPMC’s 40th Year 1961-2001,
Frank Clark 01 40 211 3
Remembering Early Paper Money Collectors I Knew, Robert H. Lloyd, illus.
01 40 211 134
Remembering ’Mr. In God We Trust’: Matt Rothert, Fred L. Reed III, illus.
01 40 211 118
Remembering the International Branch of the SPMC Tree,
Peter Robin, illus. Of 40 211 136
Reminiscences Are Sweet for Many SPMC Vets, Gary Hacker, Gene Messier,
John Glynn, & Q. David Bowers. 01 40 211 151
Sends His Regards, Jeffery L. Goodall 01 40 211 92
Society Awards Have Taken a Number of Forms Over the Years,
David D. Gladfelter, illus. 01 40 211 102
Society Honors Authors, Exhibitors, Recruiters and Workers,
Fred L. Reed III, illus. 01 40 211 98
Society' Magazine Paper Money Thrives for Four Decades, Fred L. Reed III,
illus. “ 01 40 211 38
Society of Paper Money Collectors Celebrates 40 Years of Collecting/
Camaraderie, Bob Cochran, illus. 01 40 211 5
Some Reflections on SPMC and Paper Money Collecting, Larry' Adams, illus.
01 40 211 148
Yr. Vol. No. Pg.
Some Society' Officers Chalked Up Lengthy Service 01 40 211 91
SPMC & TAMS Share STM & OPMC Heritage, Medal, Dr. George Fuld,
illus. 01 40 211 10
SPMC Aw ard Winners and Honorees, 1961-2001, Bob Cochran, Gene
Messier, George Trcinmcl & Fred Reed III.
01
40
211
94
SPMC Helped Him Start Out, and Other Remembrances, Harry Jones,
Bruno Rzepka, John A. Parker & Robert C. Wagner
01
40
211
142
SPMC Memories: Reminiscences of Some Ragpickers, Wayne Homren,
Frank Clark and Dennis Forgue.
01
40
211
154
SPMC Officers. Project Chairmen, Award Winners, 1961-2001 Bob
Cochran, Gene Messier & Fred L. Reed III.
01
40
211
103
SPMC Officers, 1961-2001, Bob Cochran
01
40
211
88
SPMC Privately Issued Souvenir Card, Mike Bean
01
40
211
130
SPMC Publishing Efforts Span 34 Years, 20 Books, Bob Cochran,
Fred L. Reed III, illus.
01
40
211
50
SPMC Salutes Longtime Members.
01
40
211
82
SPMC Service Has Its Grins, C. John Ferreri
01
40
211
106
SPMC Supplied Me Info, Lloyd Deierling
01
40
211
152
SPMC Thanks Our Sponsors and Patrons
01
40
211
4
Thanks for All the Memories & the Education, Fred L. Reed III
, illus.
01
40
211
156
Thanks to All the Members, Donald L. Benson
01
40
211
106
That’s The Way It Was, Hank Bieciuk
01
40
211
8
The Big Spender, Peter I luntoon, illus.
01
40
211
143
The Early Days of SPMC, Forrest W Daniel.
01
40
211
150
'fhe Olden Days of Paper Money Collecting, Steve Whitfield.
01
40
211
134
Three Year SPMC Statement of Operations, Mark Anderson, SPMC
Treasurer
01
40
211
132
Top Recruiters One Key to Society Growth
01
40
211
35
Tucked Away Brown Back Is One of Life's Prizes, Robert R Andrews.
01
40
211
89
University Stint Led to Lifelong Affection for Things U.S,
Harold Don Allen, illus.
01
40
211
150
Adams, Larry’. Some Reflections on SPMC and Paper
Money Collecting, illus.
01
40
211
148
Allen, Harold Don.
Canadian Journey Notes Launch a New Century, illus.
01
40
215
338
L^niversitv Stint Led to Lifelong .Affection for Things U.S, illus.
01
40
211
150
Anderson, Mark., SPMC Treasurer.
Three Year SPMC Statement of Operations
Andrews, Robert R.
01
40
211
132
Tucked Away Brown Back Is One of Life’s Prizes.
01
40
211
89
Arnold, David Ray. Let's See WTiat Hessler Says
01
40
211
86
Aspen, Nelson Page. There Can Be Beauty, illus.
BANKS .AND BANKERS.
01
40
215
315
Bank Counter Robber, Bob Cochran
01
40
214
247
His Distinguishing Mark, Bob Cochran
01
40
212
186
John Ohlmstcd, Bob Cochran, illus.
01
40
212
186
National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis Bob Cochran 01
40
214
247
Posted Poem Recites Seven Ages of a Banker, Frank Clark, illus.
01
40
214
250
Sign Check with Thumb, Bob Cochran
01
40
214
247
The Accommodations Bank, Bob Cochran
01
40
214
247
When Extremes Meet, Bob Cochran, illus.
Barrett. L. S. & Gene Hessler.
01
40
214
247
A Gilt Fit for a Czar: An ABNCo Presentation Book, illus.
01
40
215
319
Bean, Mike. SPMC Privately Issued Souvenir Card, illus.
01
40
211
130
Benson, Donald L. Thanks to All the Members
01
40
211
106
Bieciuk, Hank. That’s The Way It Was
01
40
211
8
Boling, Joseph. More Thoughts on Short Snorters, illus.
01
40
216
394
Brase, David A., Ph.D. Predicting the Possible Existence of Unreported
National Currency', illus.
01
40
212
180
CHECKS.
A Singular Specimen: Emergency Currency' of 1907, Ron Horstman, illus.
01 40 214 267
Clark, Frank. About Texas Mostly:
A Low' Numbered Pair, illus.
01 40 212 184
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An Interesting Dallas Deuce, illus.
01
40
216
372
Posted Poem Recites Seven Ages of a Banker, illus.
01
40
214
250
The President s Column:
Welcome to SPMC’s 40th Year 1961-2001
01
40
211
3
01
40
212
176
01
40
213
212
01
40
214
246
01
40
215
336
01
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216
388
Cochran , Bob, Gene Hessler & Fred L. Reed III. SPMC Officers, Project
Chairmen, Award Winners, 1961-2001
01
40
211
103
Cochran, Bob, Fred L. Reed III. SPMC Publishing Efforts Span 34 Years,
20 Books, illus.
01
40
211
50
Cochran, Bob, Gene Hessler, George Tremmel & Fred Reed III. SPMC Award
Winners and Honorees. 1961-2001
01
40
211
‘24
Cochran, Bob.
Bank Happenings:
His Distinguishing Mark
01
40
212
186
John Ohlmsted, illus.
01
40
212
186
Bank Counter Robber
01
40
214
247
National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis
01
40
214
247
Sign Check with Thumb
01
40
214
247
The Accommodations Bank
01
40
214
247
When Extremes Meet, illus.
01
40
214
247
Society of Paper Money Collectors Celebrates 40 Years of Collecting/
Camaraderie, illus.
01
40
211
5
SPMC Officers. 196 1-2001
01
40
211
88
CONFEDERATE AND SOUTHERN STATES CURRENCY.
Is Sam Upham the Originator of the Female Riding Deer Note!
?,
George B. Tremmel, Illus.
01
40
214
235
COUNTERFEIT, ALTERED & SPURIOUS NOTES.
An Early Counterfeiting Case in China, Robert McCabe, illus.
01
40
215
308
Is Sam Upham the Originator of the Female Riding Deer Note!
r,
George B. Tremmel, Illus.
01
40
214
235
Daniel, Forrest W.
How the SPMC Logo Came to Be, illus.
(II
40
211
18
The Early Day's of SPMC
01
40
211
150
The Green Goods Game: A Bad $5 Bank Note
01
40
212
182
A Bank Note Fan
(11
40
212
182
Gun Money
01
40
213
210
Swindled
III
40
213
210
Deierling, Llovd. SPMC Supplied Me Info
01
40
211
152
Denly, Tom.
Si 20 to Baldy, SI 40 to Bushy, Si 20 to Baldy', illus.
III
40
211
153
Directories Controversial
01
40
211
87
ENGRAVERS & ENGRAVING .AND PRINTING.
Excerpts from the Diaries of James D. Smillie, Gene Hessler, illus.
01
40
214
254
Excerpts from the Diaries of James D. Smillie, Gene Hessler, illus.
01
40
213
199
Waterman Lilly Ormsbv and the Continental Bank Note Co.,
Robert McCabe, illus.
01
40
212
163
Work Done for .ABNCo Bv James D. Smillie from 1858-
•1879,
Gene Hessler & Mark Tomasko, illus.
01
40
215
311
Yr. Vol. No. Pg.
Excerpts from the Diaries of James D. Smillie, illus. 01 40 214 254
Excerpts from the Diaries of James D. Smillie, illus. 01 40 213 199
The Buck Starts Here:
Many Nations Honor Musicians on Notes, Part 1 01 40 213 230
Many Nations Honor Musicians on Notes, Part 2 01 40 215 334
Work Done for ABNCo By James D. Smillie from 1858-1879, illus.
01 40 215 311
Work Done for ABNCo by James D. Smillie from 1858-1879, Concluded,
illus.
01
40
216
373
Hickman, John T. History in Your Hand
01
40
211
152
Homren, Wayne, Frank Clark and Dennis Forgue.
SPMC Memories:
Reminiscences of Some Ragpickers
01
40
211
154
Horstman, Ron. A Singular Specimen: Emergency Currency of 1907, illus.
01 ’ 40 214 267
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Salesman from Iowa?, illus.
01 40 211 153
Horton, Bill.
1985: SPMC Sponsors Cherry Hill Show, illus. 01 40 211 58
Hughes, Brent.
How the SPMC Logo Came to Be, illus. 01 40 211 18
Huntoon, Peter.
The Big Spender, illus. 01 40 211 143
The Paper Column:
New $5 Back Plate 637 FRN Discoveries, illus. 01 40 2 12 172
Profile of Two Rarities: $2 Legal Tender Series of 1928C Mule & Series
1928D BA Block Non-Mule, illus. 01 40 213 218
INTERNATIONAL.
A Gift Fit for a Czar: An ABNCo Presentation Book, L. S. Barrett &
Gene Messier illus. 01 40 215 319
American Bank Note Company Issues in Russia, Michael Haritonov, illus.
01 40 215 279
An Early Counterfeiting Case in China, Robert McCabe, illus.
01 40 215 308
Canadian Journev Notes Launch a New Century, Harold Don Allen, illus.
01 40 215 338
Exchange Bank of Colon: A Review of Panama's Second Bank,
Joaquin Gil del Real, illus. 01 40 215 294
Many Nations Honor Musicians on Notes, Part 2, Gene Hessller, illus.
01 40 215 334
Silver Certificates of Cuba Made by the U.S. BEP: 1934-1949,
Neil Shafer, illus. 01 40 215 298
The Other Battleship Note, Wendell Wolka, illus. 01 40 215 344
There Can Be Beauty, Nelson Page Aspen, illus. 01 40 215 315
Welcome to A New World of Currency; Paper Money Goes International,
illus. 01 40 215 280
Jones, Harry', Bruno Rzepka, John A. Parker & Robert C. Wagner. SP.V1C
Helped Him Start Out, and Other Remembrances 01 40 211 142
Kemp, Charles. Bill Donlon Was Memorable 01 40 211 158
Lasser, Joe, Howard Schein, Robert 1 lendershott, Milton Friedberg, & Warren
Henderson. Longtime SPMC Members Share Their Recollections
01 40 211 147
Latimer, Roman L. Let's Take the Time to Record Some of These
Happenings, illus. 01 40 211 135
Lloyd, Robert H. Remembering Early Paper Money Collectors I Knew, illus.
01 40 211 134
Work Done for ABNCo by James D. Smillie from 1858-1879, Concluded,
Gene Hessler & Mark Tomasko, illus.
01
40
216
373
Ferreri, C. John. SPMC Service Has Its Grins
01
40
211
106
Forman, Harry. #13 Was Luckv for Harrv, illus.
01
40
211
144
Fuld, Dr. George. SPMC & TAMS Share STM & OPMC Heritage.
Medal, illus.
01
40
211
10
Giedroyc, Richard.
’Defaced' Notes Share Exciting Stories, illus.
01
40
216
390
Gil del Real, Joaquin. Exchange Bank of Colon: A Review
of Panama's
Second
Bank, illus.
01
40
215
294
Gladfelter, David D. New Jersey's Notes: .Are These the Oldest & Newest
Survivors?, illus.
01
40
214
241
Society Awards Have Taken a Number of Forms Over the Years, illus.
McCabe, Robert.
An Early Counterfeiting Case in China, illus. 01 40 215
Waterman Lilly Orinsby and the Continental Bank Note Co., illus.
01 40 212
MILITARY CURRENCY.
Defaced' Notes Share Exciting Stories, Richard Giedroyc, illus.
01 40 216
Souvenirs, Personal Documents & Immortality, Neil Shafer, illus.
01 40 216
Mueller, Barbara.
308
163
390
359
Magazine Brings Back Memories to Former Editor 01 40 21 1 158
Murray, Colonel Bill. Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Tale(s) to Tell, illus.
01 40 216 378
01 40 211 102
Goldstein, Nathan, II. BEP Visit Led to Lifelong Paper Money Affair, illus.
01 40 211 155
Goodall. Jeffery L. Sends His Regards 01 40 211 92
Hacker, Gary, Gene Hesslcr, John Glynn, Q. David Bowers. Reminiscences Are
Sweet for Many SPMC Vets 01 40 211 151
Hammer, Ted.
Just Who was D.C. Wismer Anyway?, illus. 01 40 2 1 1 50
Haritonov, Michael. American Bank Note Company Issues in Russia, illus.
01 40 215 279
Hessler, Gene. A New Word For Our Fraternity. 01 40 2 1 1 86
NEW LITERATURE.
Confederate States Paper Money, 10th Edition, by Arlie Slabaugh, reviewed
by Fred Reed 01 40 213 208
The Coins and Banknotes in Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927-
1947, by Howard Berlin, reviewed bv Fred Reed
01
40
213
208
OBSOLETE NOTES & SCRIP.
New Jersey’s Notes: Are These the Oldest & Newest Survivors?
David D Gladfelter, illus.
01
40
214
241
Osborn, Ralph. Longs to Make It to Memphis, illus.
Prather, Dewitt G.
01
40
211
144
Dealers With WTiom I Have Dealt, illus.
01
40
211
146
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A Trial Listing: Catalog of SPMC .Memorabilia, illus. 01
40
211
107
ABN Co. Provides SPMC Members With Unique ID Cards, illus.
01
40
211
30
Additions to A Catalog of SPMC Memorabilia, illus. 01
40
214
249
Long 'Lost' Note Brings Back Memories, illus. 01
40
216
396
New Works Cover Confederates, Palestine, illus. 01
40
213
208
Our Membership: WTio Were We? Who Arc We Now?,
illus.
01
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211
34
Remembering Mr. In Cod We Trust' Matt Rothert, illus.
01
40
211
138
Society Honors Authors, Exhibitors, Recruiters and Workers, illus.
01
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211
98
Society Magazine Paper Money Thrives for Four Decades, illus.
01
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38
Thanks for All the Memories & the Education, illus. 01
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Editor's Notebook 0 1
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Robin, Peter. Remembering die International Branch of the SPMCTree, illus.
01 40 211 136
Rothert, Matt, Sr. How I Was Inspired to Seek to Put the Motto IGWT on
Our Currency, illus. 01 40 211 140
Shafer, Neil. Earlier Days of Collecting: Personalities and Occurrences, illus.
01 40 211 89
Silver Certificates of Cuba Made by the U.S. BEP: 1934-1949, illus.
01 40 215 298
Souvenirs, Personal Documents & Immortality, illus. 01 40 216 359
SHORT SNORTERS.
'Defaced' Notes Share Exciting Stories, Richard Giedroyc, illus.
01 40 216 390
Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Tale(s) to Tell, Larry "Ski" Smulczenski,
illus. 01 40 216 378
Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Tale(s) to Tell. Colonel Bill Murray, illus.
01
40
216
378
Long 'Lost' Note Brings Back Memories, Fred Reed, illus.
01
40
216
396
More Thoughts on Short Snorters, Joseph Boiling, illus.
01
40
216
394
Short Snorter Looms As Menace, John Steinbeck.
01
40
216
364
Souvenirs, Personal Documents & Immortality, Neil Shafer, illus.
01
40
216
359
Smulczenski, Lam- "Ski". Every Short Snorter Has Its Own Talc(s) to
Tell,
illus.
01
40
216
378
Snyder. Tom. John Hickman Knew 'Itch Would Return'
SOCIETY OF PAPER MONEY COLLECTORS.
01
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2nd Annual George W. Wait Memorial Prize Announcement
01
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Advertisers Index
01
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159
01
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195
01
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235
01
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271
01
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215
355
01
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403
An Index to Paper Money, Vol. XI.
01
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216
380
ANA Honors Paper Money
01
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215
354
Buy a 40th Anniversary Commemorative Issue
01
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Collectors Wanted
01
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214
01
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Coming to Paper Money’s Nov/Dec Issue
01
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Comprehensive Paper Money Index For Sale
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By FRANK CLARK
I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED OUR SPECIAL interna-
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special issue on World War II syngraphics. It is especially
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the recent horrific attacks on the World Trade Center and the
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Confederate notes
are among the earli-
est type of which
written messages of
the Short Snorter
type are known.
The 1861 Confed-
erate $50 note
above, is still being
researched to iden-
tify the parties who
autographed it.
* Defaced ' Notes
Share Exciting Stories
By Richard Giedroyc
Atomic Short Snorter autographed by
Wayne W. Seeley (below), who was
assigned to the AKA47 U.S.S. Chara
where he served as coxswain on an
amphibious landing craft for the task
force. The U.S.S. Cumberland was the
flag and communications ship.
According to Seeley, he was a "plank"
or charter member of the Chara crew
and spent his entire Navy career in the
Pacific Theater during World War II.
He was involved in five amphibious
invasions, was stationed on three other
ships and was discharged from the
Navy in 1947. He was not directly
involved in any of the atomic bomb
tests.
T O SOME PEOPLE THEY ARE A BLIGHT ON THE HOBBY;
to others they are an exciting area of paper money begging to be
researched: These are the autographed notes commonly known as
Short Snorters.
I have heard collectors and dealers suggest such notes are simply
defaced, yet I have also heard enthusiasts say they find the notes to be trea-
sured artifacts of a bygone era.
Paper bank notes have likely been autographed as souvenirs almost since
the time the first printed notes were issued, however the earliest known such
notes date from the American Civil War.
The currently accepted name "short snorter" is sometimes broadly used
as a blanket umbrella term to describe any note on which someone has signed
a name or scribbled a message. In the stricter sense, die term is reserved for a
note on which the autographs were added while the parties were active in the
military.
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HAWAII overprint $1 Silver Certificate
of Series 1935A is signed by 10 individ-
uals, two of which identify themselves
as officers. The note also indicates these
people had been in Canton (Ohio?),
Palmyra and Pearl Harbor. The PBM-3-
6466 at the bottom of the back may be
a unit designation. This note is still
being researched further.
Although such notes can be found dating from the time of the
Civil War, the term short snorter originated in the 20th century in
die United States.
According to some sources, in August 1925 barnstormer Jack
Ashcroft was a pilot with Gates Flying Circus in Syracuse, N.Y.
.Ashcroft liked his women and liquor, calling his "occasional" drink a
short snort. The circus owners sent Ashcroft and a second pilot to a
Hammondsport winery for two planeloads of wine for a party (This
was during Prohibition.). Ashcroft fell in love in Hammondsport and
failed to return until a day later, at which time he was in trouble with
circus owner Clyde Pangborn for his prolonged absense.
Ashcroft suckered Panghorn into giving him two dollars, a real
bill and a stage dollar. Ashcroft signed the stage note "Short Snorter
No. 1, Panghorn, Aug. 1925" and gave it to Panghorn, then signed
and kept the real note. More people
signed notes during the champagne party
following. The popularity of the idea
spread and evolved into the tradition of
American World War II aviators carrying
such a note and showing it at a GI bar,
otherwise being obligated to buy a round
of drinks for the bar if a bell was sounded.
The idea quickly spread throughout
the Allies, in the Army and Navy as well.
Notes are known signed by Australian,
British, Canadian, Republic of China,
French and Portuguese soldiers, as well as
by girlfriends, USO performers and by
politicians.
Two of the most famous World War
II short snorters are a note signed by avia-
tor Joseph Kennedy Jr., older brother of
President John F. Kennedy, and a Soviet
note signed by several high level partici-
pants at the Yalta Conference in 1945.
Since that time notes have been
signed during the Korean conflict,
Vietnam War and virtually every other
modern conflict.
Collectors generally prize notes the
most on which the persons who signed
the note can be identified or by signing
D-Day is memorialized on this Allied
Military Currency 5-franc note (above)
signed by Will McAulling of First Army
Group and presented to his friend
Francis J. Giedroyce, father of the cur-
rent owner and author of this article.
Giedroyce was in the second wave of
U.S. Army soldiers to hit the beaches
on that historic date.
French Allied Military Currency 50-
franc note signed by five New Jersey
soldiers. Signer John W. Clayton
served in France, England and the
Netherlands between 1943 and 1945,
including assignments with the 8th Air
Force, 877th and 834th Engineers,
where among other things he helped
build emergency landing strips.
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Acrobat and dancer Betty Yeaton, who
signed the JIM 10-rupees note (right &
below) while traveling with the a USO
Show in Nationalist China, is shown
here having lunch with W. Ashley Fry
directly at her right (the author's
father-in-law) following having signed
the note. The photograph is dated Oct.
22, 1944 on the back. Also signing the
note were Paulette Goddard, Keenan
Wynn, Kurt Balentine, Jimmie Dodd,
Harry Brian, Ruth Carrell, Andy Arcari,
William Sargon, and Pat O'Brien (see
this issue's cover).
This Canada 1937 $1 note (right) was
signed by five persons, one of whom
added the date June 12, 1943 at the top
on the back. The LDW initials also on
the back may be the name of another
individual.
the note helped to tell a story. As
an example, a signed note may
help identify the unit a person was
in and, if also dated when signed,
the note may help identify when
and even where a specific unit was
deployed. My collection includes
several notes w'ith later additional
documentation obtained from
those who signed them, having
tracked the signer down these
many years after the note was
signed.
One such note is an Allied
occupation 50-francs issued for
France that was signed by five
individuals who also provided their
home addresses. In 1995 the
author located John W. Clayton,
receiving a detailed letter telling
how he arrived in England in
October 1943, then was assigned
to the 8th and later to the 9th Air
Force Group. He served in France
with the 877th and 834th
Engineers building emergency
landing strips, then went back to England where he helped assemble gliders.
He was later wounded while in the Netherlands in 1944. Clayton was sched-
uled for deployment to the Pacific Theatre when the war ended.
Another example, a Netherlands Indies 50-cent note has the names and
addresses of four men, one of whom w»as contacted about 40 years later and w'as
good enough to write to me with further details of his World War II experi-
ences. The author attempted unsuccessfully to contact the others who signed
the note.
A note autographed by several USO performers and given to my father-
in-iaw while with the Signal Corps in China is accompanied by a recently dis-
covered official army photograph of him having dinner with one of the female
performers from the group!
Yet another good example is a Japanese Invasion Money half shilling
note signed in Chinese characters in red ink which translates to the names of
two National Chinese soldiers from Hong Kong.
Korean conflict and Vietnam War notes appear to be even more elusive.
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Left: Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations often
include the custom of adults giving money to chil-
dren. This South Vietnam 50-dong note of 1969 to
1975 carries the message translating to "(acqueline is
wished a happy new year by Ng Uyen Mai." It is likely
a Tet Offensive period issue during the Vietnam War.
Below: )apanese Invasion Money half shilling note of
1943 designated for use in Oceania was signed in red
ink by Republic of China soldiers Laio Ing Ging and
Yo Tung Ho, who identify themselves on this note as
having come from Kwang 'tung. This note was trans-
lated by workers in a local Chinese restaurant.
An interesting Vietnam War era note I have has a
message in Vietnamese and is signed. The transla-
tion indicates the note was given to a young per-
son as part of the custom of giving money on the
Chinese lunar new year. Although the year the
note was signed is unknown, the note was issued
during the war.
One of my personal favorites is a 1953
Japanese 100-yen note signed by the Ink Spots, a
well known quartet from the post-World War II
era. Futher research is needed to find if and when
MILITARY PAYMEWT CERTIFICATE
FOR USE ONLY IN UNITEO STATES
ESTABLISHMENTS DY UNITEl
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IN ACCO
WITH AggttCAMJ RULES AND RECI
the group traveled to Japan, possibly to entertain
our troops in the occupied territory'.
Yes, short snorters are technically' defaced cur-
rency', but these defacements can make the difference
between just being another nice note and one on which
history has literally been written. ❖
Far left: This
Series 521
. . A _ (1958) Military
Payment
S 1 -* p Certificate $1
, ' was signed
, > * April 22, 1958
by Keith
Spaulding and
~ Bailey Stewart,
WAirwlj g* _ however nei-
\t ther hints at
5 #9. 3*1) t their un *t nor
J rank. Below
. - if m ?. Ieft: This
Agf a r jr_ Series 1928D
m ^ u - s - Note $2
£ was signed by
nine individu-
als, however it
is specifically
YSw- marked as
"Short snorter
of William R.
Lane, Marion,
0&L ) S.C." Left:
I- Spectacular
Barbados $5
note of 1939 is
signed by 29 people on both sides.
Barbados $1 short snorter notes are
known, but higher denomination notes
had significant purchasing power at the
time and are seldom encountered
signed.
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More Thoughts on Short Snorters
By Joseph Boling
THAVE LONG SEARCHED FOR NOTES THAT
l add to our knowledge of a series by virtue of their
presence in short snorters. Examples of these are the
Philippine "Co-Prosperity Sphere" notes. While repli-
cas for collectors were reported long ago, I am not con-
vinced that any (or at least any substantial quantities)
were made, because over the years I have found just
about every kind of CPS overprint in some sort of con-
text that lends credence to its status as a vintage produc-
tion.
Remember that GIs who saw a CPS note in some-
one else's short snorter would be inspired to create
more, but would naturally create ones that were differ-
ent from the ones that appeared first. Different fonts
and production processes would be available to the later
creators, so many varieties could be expected to exist.
Another class of notes that I love to find in short
snorters are the Oceania replicas, thus showing that they
actually were created for (or at least available to) con-
temporary GIs.
A Philippine piece, which falls into the commemo-
rative short snorter class, is the 1 0 peso note overprinted
to commemorate MacArthur's landing on Leyte
(SB2235). Since publishing SB, we have realized that
the date in the overprint is wrong; it says Oct. 19, 1944,
but the landing did not take place until 20 October.
Perhaps that is why so few survive; drey were discarded
when they became obsolete before being issued.
Yet another piece that I look for in short snorters is
the Malaya $5 with the "Grim Memories— VJ'overprint
(SB2 183). I have yet to find one.
In the other direction, we have notes with inscrip-
tions that are known to be wrong, and that reflect inac-
curate knowledge on the part of the original inscriber.
An example of this is shown on SB page 314, where a
Bank of Japan one yen note bears graffiti saying that the
AMC yen were not valid in homeland Japan, which is
incorrect.
Another aspect of short snorters is the potential for
dating them based on non-date information written on
them— such as the note’s value in dollars. Many exam-
ples exist of AMC yen inscribed "worth xx cents."
Because we know what the exchange rates were at vari-
ous times during the occupation, we can normally date
these inscriptions to within a few months (or even
weeks).
How often can you link a short snorter back to a
signer who did not keep it? One such fortunate find is a
U S. $2 series 1928F note that I obtained from a bank in
Australia while I was on R&R there in 1968. The
inscription is "Dr. Fred Loukes, Cincinnati Ohio USA."
When the ANA was having its convention in
Cary Cooper (fourth from top) is among the signers of this Oceania
one pound olive green unmarked replica note.
Cincinnati in 1980, I wanted to arrange a presentation
of the note back to Dr. Loukes as publicity for the show.
It turns out that he was a dentist, but was dead by 1980.
His son did not want to arrange a ceremony to present
the note to the widow, so my idea died. Too bad.
And just to show off, I have one short snorter with
some VIP signatures on it— an Oceania one pound note
(one of the olive green unmarked replicas!) with signa-
tures of Phyllis Brooks, Gar)' Cooper, Una Merkel (all
actors) and Nathan Bronstein (presumably a producer or
USO escort), along with a few GIs. Unfortunately, not
a junk box find-$25 from Ted Uhl.
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One note’s storu:
Long ‘lost’ note brings back memories
By Fred Reed
EGINNING IN THE MID-1970S I WORKED
in Sidney, Ohio, at a publication you may have
heard of, Coin World: “The Weekly Newspaper of the
Entire Numismatic Field.” That publication had begun
in April 1960, the brain child of local publisher.!. Oliver
Amos, who had inherited a family publishing business,
the Sidney daily newspaper, and a large press with lots
of down time.
Seeking additional work
for his pressmen and machin-
ery, he proposed publishing a
weekly hobby newspaper. At
that time, numismatic month-
lies had been attempted by
Chet Krause, Lee Hewitt, the
Lawrence Brothers and of
course the American
Numismatic Association. Few'
in the coin trade believed a
weekly publication would be
viable.
Amos proved the gainsay-
ers resoundingly wrong w'hen
his publication quickly climbed
to paid weekly circulations of
175,000 copies.
With that large reader-
ship, millions of dollars in
advertising revenue rolled in
making his publication and w'al-
let fat. Mail overwhelmed the
local Post Office officials. The
government established a sepa-
rate postal zone on the Amos Press loading dock.
Just short of two decades after the founding of the
publication, we did our 1,000th issue. The following
spring as the 20th anniversaiy neared, Margo Russell
who had succeeded Dick Johnson years before as CWs
Editor, decided w'e needed to commemorate the auspi-
cious 1980 event, and somebody (I think it was probably
Jay Guren or Courtney Coffing) suggested a short
snorter: a signed note that linked all the signatories to a
common event, time and place.
Appropriately the note selected was a Twenty.
The double saw'buck was a then current Series 1977 on
Philadelphia, serial number C 19204963 A. Lighdy cir-
culated, the S20 was donated by Coin World Editor
Margo Russell, who pulled it right out of her pocket-
book, and years later confided to me that she didn’t
think she ever got reimbursed out of petty' cash.
It w'as passed around the office and signed on its
face by Amos Press management and Coin World editor-
ial staffers, including President J. Daniel Francis,
Publisher John Amos, Clearinghouse Editor Marilyn
Tiernan, Jane Hutchins, co-International Editors David
T. Alexander and Courtney L. Coffing, Pat Boerger,
Sharon Maurer, Dorothy Cernyar, Bill Gibbs, Cindy
Wilt, Jay Guren, Editor Margo Russell, and yours truly,
then the publication’s News Editor.
Signing the back of the note w'ere Coin World
founder J. Oliver Amos, and ad staffers Irma Francis,
Brenda Wyen, Kay Block, Candie Schaffer, Rita
Gerkey, Evelyn Fair, Bill Hampton, Carolyn Watkins,
Connie Iler, Katie Eshback, Ad Manager Tom Ehler,
and Assistant Ad Manager Charles Wilson.
Marilyn photographed the note and ran it in her
“Collectors Clearinghouse” column in the June 11,
1980 issue. Shortly thereafter I ran off a commemora-
tive label on our Compugraphic headline setting
machine, glued it to an acrylic case, and carted the note
to Memphis as a donation to SPMC’s annual Tom Bain
breakfast raffle. The short snorter was won in the raffle
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by Michigan collector Mart Delger, who annually head-
ed up the exhibits at the show. After the breakfast I
photographed Mart and emcee Wendell Wolka, spent a
few' bucks in the bourse, attended several club meetings,
the auction, interviewed a slew of collectors and dealers,
and headed back to Sidney to file my stories.
I also promptly forgot about the Coin World 20th
Anniversary short snorter.
Flash forward another 20 years. It’s 2000, a new
century, and I’m at Memphis setting up an exhibit
detailing “Abraham Lincoln on Non-Federal Currency”
when who comes up for a chat but Mart Delger. Both
of us are decades older and wiser, but he is still exhibits
honcho at Memphis.
Mart said he had something to show me. He
pulled out the plastic case labeled “Coin World 20th
Anniversary.” Still inside was the autographed note
with the signatures of all my former colleagues. He
pointed to my bold strokes near the Federal Reserve
Seal and we reminisced. Mart asked me about the
whereabouts of some of the other signers and I filled
him in the best I could.
Most of the 27 signatures on both sides of the note
were penned boldly with a black sharpie. Although sev-
eral of the signers have since passed on (notably J.
Oliver Amos and Charlie Wilson) many of those indi-
viduals are still actively involved in the hobby. Bill
Gibbs has my old job as News Editor of Coin World and
recalled recently that somebody filled in his name
because he was absent, covering a coin show. Dave
Alexander is a cataloger at Stack’s in New York and pens
a monthly column on medals for his old employer.
Courtney Coffing is retired from Krause Publications
and recently came out with a revised edition of his cata-
log of notgeld. Of course, yours truly is now Editor of
this publication.
Nineteen-eighty, the year we signed that note, was
a great one for this hobby. Gold and silver were boom-
ing to unprecedented heights carrying collectable coins
and paper money to then dizzying extremes. Coin World
was a vigorous 20. The publication was booming.
Subscriptions were rising. Page counts were enormous.
Two section 160-180 page issues were the rule. That
year, according to an industry survey, Coin World pub-
lished more pages (editorial and advertising) than any
other periodical but Time magazine — and our pages
were three times the size of theirs!
The news rooms, ad shop and production bay
bristled. The signers of that note were busy people,
linked by common goals, stressed by common burdens,
and enjoying uncommon successes.
That summer at the nearby Cincinnati American
Numismatic Association Convention, we published daily
issues of Coin World and gave away another Coin World
20th Anniversary short snorter as a door prize at our
convention booth. We also issued a Coin World 20th
anniversary medal which featured the famous Cincinnati
Davidson-Probasco fountain. I still have the lead die
trial. CW and all of us were very successful that year. J.
Oliver Amos, the owner was pleased; at Christmastime
he distributed the largest employee bonus in the firm’s
century long existence! It was one heck of a year.
Personally, it was a great year for me too. My wife
Patricia and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. We had
been blessed with both a fine daughter, Becky, and a
fine son, Fred IV. We took a two week long vacation to
Canada that is still a source of family pride.
I reflected over the note in Mart’s hand. Dave
Alexander and Bill Gibbs have remained friends for
years and years. The forgotten faces of some of the oth-
ers flashed briefly before my eyes. I remembered silly
anecdotes about some of them and more serious times
about others. I remembered attending Charlie Wilson’s
funeral the summer after die note was signed.
I remembered engaging Tom Ehler to become my
advertising consultant at Beckett Publications years
later. I remembered flying Bill Hampton and his wife
to Dallas and trying to pursuade him into accepting a
job there as my Ad Manager. There were others. Mart
and I reminisced about “old times” and “by gones.”
That bill was rich in memories for me, and Mart
knew it. .After two decades as its custodian, he decided
to part with it. “Would I be interested?” Sure I would...
but before we could strike a deal something else came
up. I don’t remember if he was distracted or if I was.
I came home from Memphis without that note,
but surely not forgetting it again. I wrote Mart and
made an offer. He accepted and said he’d bring it back
to Memphis for me again this year. Well he did, and
the Coin World 20th Anniversary short snorter is
“home.” It probably wouldn’t be worth more than
twenty bucks to most people. Outside of its holder, who
could piece together the story it was meant to tell? Just
27 signatures on a double sawbuck to some, but it’s both
precious and priceless to this writer.
That’s the essence of short snorters. We too were
in the trenches waging a battle against unremitting
deadlines under the watchful eye of a stern chain of
command. That bill records the hands and the humani-
ty' that brought that publication to its thousands and
thousands of readers at a given point in time. We
shared good times and bad, and thought it worth pen-
ning our names to a piece of paper money to mark our
publication’s anniversary.
They don’t make ’em like that anymore — either
the old style FRN or that capable and hard working
group that fed Oliver Amos’s presses week-in and week-
out preparing all the hobby news that fit around a hun-
dred-plus pages of ads attesting that numismatics was
alive and thriving.
At 20, we also signed a note testifying Amos’ Folly
was doing just fine too, thank you! It still is.
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Letter to the Editor
Greetings,
My first encounter with a short snorter "bankroll"
was in the 1950s as a youngster. My Sunday school
teacher was a WYVTI vet and brought his in and showed
and explained it to the class on one Sunday morning.
Needless to say the "seed was sown."
Cheers, Colin Bruce
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• Artist Inquiry. Would like to know if anyone has any information
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art or designs for bank notes. A broadside he issued in 1869
indicates that he offered this service. Contact Mark Tomasko,
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• Roger B. Taney. I need, if there is one available, a photograph
of a note with Justice Roger B. Taney. No one I have asked can
even confirm his being portrayed on PM. There are two or so still
unidentified portraits on Maryland PM that do not look too much
like him, but you never know. Actually, his portrait on currency
from any state will do. I also need a good quality picture of duel-
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• Waterman Lilly Ormsby. For a future article in Paper Money, I
am looking for a photograph or other illustration of 19th century
bank note engraving genius Waterman L. Ormsby. Contact
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FL 33166 or fred@spmc.org
• New York Obsolete Bank Notes (1784-1865). Researcher
requesting info for SPMC state catalog on banking details for NY
obsolete notes. All information welcome. At the moment, I am
interested in any notes from “The Woodstock and Saugerties
General Manufacturing Co." at Saugerties. I am looking for infor-
mation when the bank opened and for how long, who the
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founding, etc. Will gladly reimburse cost and postage of material
received. Contact jglynn@zoom.co.uk or John Glynn, 41 St.
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also being kewpt for population statistics. Will gladly pay copying
costs and postage for pictures of your Delaware material.
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Bryan, 189 South Fairfield Drive. Dover, DE 19901-5756 ❖
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Fred L Reed HI fred@spmc.org
Remember Pearl Harbor + 60 Years
M any are equating 9/11/01 yvith 12/7/41,
the 60th anniversary of which we are marking with this
special issue. You probably saw the movie Pearl Harbor, Jerry
Bruckheimer’s epic love-battle story starring Ben Affleck, Josh
Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. Of course the actual battle 60
years ago led directly to the U.S. entry into World War II
against the Axis Powers. One of the most enlightening arti-
cles of my young journalistic career — some 30 years ago for
the 30th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Hawaii — was
rounding up about a dozen survivors of that cataclysmic event.
I wrote a “blockbuster” feature story for the Third U.S. Army
HQs publication, Lucky Times. My purpose was not much dif-
ferent from the Hollywood producer’s. We both sought to
retell the story through the eyes of survivors and create a last-
ing recreation for our audience. Bruckheimer, alas, also had
140 million more dollars at his disposal.
One of the enduring legacies of World War II was the
proliferation of a paper money phenomenon — the Short
Snorter. Since this issue marks the 60th anniversary of the
beginning of that war, we deemed it auspicious to launch the
first of what we hope will be a string of topical issues of this
magazine. This issue on short snorters is part historical
research, part treasure hunt. Autograph hounds are generally
excited to learn about the host note(s) and veteran syn-
graphists are diligent in researching the historical context
from which the short snorter emerged.
My Pearl Harbor anniversary story was pretty' good, if I
do say so myself. Movie mogul Bruckheimer’s film did OK
too (it grossed 197 million dollars), but even with his big bud-
get the filmmaker didn’t quite get everything right. When
Cuba Gooding’s cook character is boxing the Bluto machinist
his manager Guy Torrey is clutching a fist full of greenbacks
representing the take from the fight. The outside bill of the
wad is clearly a $5 HAWAII note. Nice try Hollywood. It
shows somebody did some research and went the extra mile.
Trouble is, in the context of the film that boxing match took
place in August or early September 1941 (shortly after the
scene we are advised it is three months later and it’s still
before Dec. 7, 1941). Those HAWAII notes weren’t deliv-
ered until die following June — at least nine months later!
A Special Note on this Issue
A tip of the cap to John Wilson for the photo of the note
autographed by General Douglas MacArthur. Special dianks
also to Fred Schwan and the MPCGram for permission to
reprint the short snorter reflections of Messrs. Boling,
Murray, Smulczenski, and Bruce. Free e-mail subscriptions to
die (almost) daily e-gram on military money may be obtained
from fred@papemioneyworld.com. Tell him we sent you. ❖
PAPER MONEY • November/December 2001 • Whole No. 216
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